Union of Professional Coaches Michal Barda May 2016
Union of Professional Coaches Established in 2013 as part of Czech Olympic Committee 110 elite professional coaches from 36 Czech sport federations (incl. many national team coaches) Founder: Zdeněk Haník President: Lubor Blažek Secretary General: Lukáš Kozáček (treneri@olympic.cz) Driving force: team sports in Czech Republic Impact: currently ca 20.000 coaches
Vision & Mission • building the coaching expertise To promote and enhance the competitiveness of Czech sport and its position in international global sport community through: • building the coaching expertise education of coach experts of the future • cooperation with international coaching bodies • building image of coaching in Czech Republic
Responsibility Responsibility to increase and enhance the quality of coaching and training process Responsibility for know-how transfer and sharing Responsibility for open and transparent information flow and ethics Responsibility for the development of sport coaching as recognized and respected profession
Focus & Activities 1) POPULARIZATION • specialized book editions for coaches • „The Coach“ – a quarterly issued magazine as attachment to the most popular „Sport“ daily newspaper • Video teaser: short trailer promoting the activities of Czech Olympic Academy Web site with own video channel „Coach of the Year“ & Hall of Fame Event
Focus & Activities 2) EDUCATION • „Dialogues“ – interactive lecture series on professional coaching topics (information transfer from top coaches to coaching community) • Unified coach education programme in team sport games (License B Level) • Building a skilled and respected lecturer team (incl. most respected experts in Czech Republic) • Support and help for sport associations in building realistic and functional education models for coaches.
Focus & Activities 3) COOPERATION WITH CZECH INSTITUTIONS • Cooperation on research projects (e.g. cortisol research) • Professional cooperation with sport universities • Cooperation with Czech Kinanthropology Magazine • United course of action with governmental and non-governmental bodies • Cooperation with the Association of Sports Psychologists
Focus & Activities 4) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Focus & Activities 5) BRIDGES • Top international professional coaching conference (BRIDGES between theory and best practice in sports - twice a year, in Prague)